Pregnancy Notes – 33 weeks update
How far along? 33 weeks!
Total weight gain: 11.5kg. Finally some weight gain. Exactly on Tuesday I started feeling like my tummy was bursting. Hahaha. It seems like the baby / my womb / tummy undergo growth spurts from time to time so some days my tummy feels really tight before things ease off again. Anyway I can literally feel her getting heavier. I also measured that the widest point around my abs increased by about 4 cm from just a week ago! So I may just about run out of measuring tape by the time I hit 40 weeks if she continues to grow at this rate. Lol. Stretch marks: Not yet. (Praying hard for none and applying stretch mark cream everyday now.) Sleep: Still the same as last week. Generally once I fall asleep I’ll sleep well. But some days I can’t get back to sleep after waking up at about 5am to pee. Best moment this week: The recollection session with VCC choir last weekend. Tiring but nice to be able to join and participate in something like that before I give birth!
Just before an outdoor vocal clinic at the Singapore Quarry
Miss anything? Yes. I miss not having to count how many spoonfuls of rice I’ve eaten. Hahaha.. Sometimes I lose count, so then I’ll just estimate. =.= Movement: Still about the same, she goes through quiet and active periods throughout the day. But as she grows, her movement stretches my skin more and more… The feeling of “nice abs massage from the inside” is now getting strained / very slightly achy instead. Hahaha… Food cravings: None. But it’s getting really boring to always have wholemeal bread / wheat crackers with milk / yoghurt for snack 3x a day!!! So last night I bought cornflakes (1 medium bowl can replace a slice of wholemeal bread) and had it with skimmed milk 10 small grapes as snack. (I’m supposed to have fruit with lunch/dinner but I’ve been combining it with my afternoon & evening snacks because I’m too full to eat fruits right after lunch/dinner.) So that tasted pretty good. The grapes added some flavor without having to add sugar / honey. Tonight I’ll have the same but with blueberries.. *yay*
Cornflakes small seedless grapes skim milk :)
Anything making you queasy or sick? No. Gender: Girl Labour signs: None so far. I did feel some aching down there, not exactly cramping. Milder than menstrual cramps, and I don’t even get bad menstrual cramps. So you can imagine just how mild the aching is. LOL. So they’re probably just growing pains. Symptoms: Still backache (comes and goes – some days I almost don’t feel any pain, while on other days it gets worse. But nothing really bad that interferes with normal daily activities.) Belly button in or out? In Wedding rings on or off? On Happy or moody most of the time: Mix of both. Still irritable but generally ok. Looking forward to: lunch with a friend this weekend. And getting my hospital bag ready…More posts from
